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Q: Mongoose schema : SubDocument field only unique per Document I have a little question. I have a User schema which contains a table fields redirecting to the Table schema.
A Table element can contain a name, I want this name to be unique per User but not between User.
Example:
User1 -> Table1.name: "foo"
User2 -> Table1.name: "foo"
But this User1 -> Table2.name: "foo" cannot be possible.
This is the User Schema:
var UserSchema = new mongoose.Schema({
    username: {  type: String, required: true, index: {
    unique: true } },
    email: {  type: String, required: true, index: {unique: true } },
    password: {  type: String, required: true },
    tables: [{ type: Schema.Types.ObjectId, ref: 'Table' }],
    resetPasswordToken: String,
    resetPasswordExpires: Date,
    uuid: String,
});

This is the Table schema:
var TableSchema = Schema({
    name: { type: String, required: true, index: { unique: true }},
    logos: [{ type: Schema.Types.ObjectId, ref: 'Logo'}],
});

And this is where I do the queries:
app.post('/newTab', function(req, res){

    var use = req.user.username;
    var newTab = new Table({
        name: req.body.name,
    });

    newTab.save(function(err, docs){
        if (err)
        {
            console.error(err);
            res.writeHead(500);
            res.end();
        }
        else
        {
            User.findOne({username: req.user.username}, function(err,  docs) {
                if(err)  {throw (err);}
                else
                {
                    docs.tables.push(newTab);
                    docs.save(function(err, docs){
                        if (err) return console.error(err);
                        res.writeHead(200);
                        res.end(userId);
                    });
                }
            });
        }
    });

For now, I cannot add the same table name for two different User ..
I also tried something with sparse index but can't figure how it works


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March 4 - April 23, 2022 / Fridays & Saturday at 8:00pm
Book, Music and Lyrics by Jonathan Larson
David Auburn, Script Consultant
Vocal Arrangements and Orchestrations by Stephen Oremus
tick, tick...BOOM! was originally produced off-Broadway in June, 2001 by
Victoria Leacock Robyn Goodman Dede Harris
Lorie Cowen Levy Beth Smith
Performances will run 90 minutes without an intermission.
For your safety, please do not get up during the performance.
Mature content. Viewer discretion is advised.
There will be flashing lights in this production.
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Jonathan - Grant McGowen
Michael & other roles - Ian Cole
Susan & other roles - Mikaela Holmes
Piano/Keyboard - Gamble
Drums - Musashi Albert
Guitar - Aldo Cardenas
Bass - Robert Cordy
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Book, Music & Lyrics - Jonathan Larson
Script Consultant - David Auburn
Vocal Arrangements & Orchestrations - Stephen Oremus
Director - Grant McGowen
Music Director - Gamble
Stage Manager - Liliana Virgen
Choreographer - Mikaela Holmes
Sound Designer - Grant McGowen
Lighting Designer - Grant McGowen
Costume Designer - Grant McGowen
Projection Artist - Thien Vuong
Producing Artistic Director - Grant McGowen
Jonathan Larson (Book, Music and Lyrics) received the 1996 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for RENT. He also won the 1996 Tony Award for Best Musical and the 1994 Richard Rodgers Award for RENT and twice received The Gilman & Gonzales-Falla Theatre Foundation's Comendation Award. In 1989 he was granted the Stephen Sondheim Award from American Music Theatre Festival, where he contributed to the musical "Sitting on the Edge of the Future". In 1988 he won the Richard Rodgers Development Grant for his rock musical Superbia, which was staged at Playwrights Horizon. He composed the score for the musical J.P. Morgan Saves the Nation, which was presented by En Garde Arts in 1995. Mr. Larson performed his rock monologue tick, tick... BOOM! at Second Stage Theatre, The Village Gate and New York Theatre Workshop. In addition to scoring and song writing for "Sesame Street", he created music for a number fo children's book-cassettes, including Steven Spielberg's "An American Tail" and "Land Before Time". Other film scores include work for Rolling Stones magazine publisher Jann Wenner. He conceived, directed and wrote four original songs for "Away We Go!", a musical video for children. RENT, his rock opera based on "La Boheme", had its world premiere on February 13, 1996 at New York Theatre Workshop. Mr. Larson died unexpectedly of an aortic aneurysm on January 25, 1996, ten days before his 36th birthday. His music (including songs cut from his shows) is archived in the Library of Congress.
Grant McGowen (Director/Jonathan) is a Founder and Producing Artistic Director of Pinch 'N' Ouch Theatre. Some of his favorite theatre credits include: Venus and Fur, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, This Is Our Youth, Fool For Love, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Glengarry Glen Ross, Girls Life, Water By The Spoonful, Lobby Hero, Bachelorette, Speed the Plow, and Let's Make It. In 2020, he was nominated for Best Director, Best Cinematographer, and Best Editor in Atlanta's 48 Hour Film Project. In 2017, he won Best Actor in the 72 Hour Horror Film Project. In 2016, he won Best Actor in Philadelphia's Project 21 Film Festival. As a playwright, his play "Wall Street Wedding" was honored "Best World Premiere" by ArtsAtl and was also nominated for the Gene-Gabriel Moore Playwriting Award. His play "Let's Make It" was honored "Best Plays of 2013" and has since been adapted to film. Atlantan Magazine has named Grant "20 Most Important People to Watch on Atlanta's Arts Scene." He currently teaches the Meisner Technique at Pinch 'N' Ouch Theatre. IG: gmcgowen www.grantmcgowen.com
Mikaela Holmes (Choreographer/Susan) is a bicoastal performer based primarily in New York and California, but has traveled the country and globe acting, singing, and dancing. A favorite experience was touring through Europe as a Soprano in France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Germany, and Austria. Previous theatrical credits include "Rent" (Mimi), "Aida" (Amneris), "High School Musical" (Gabriella), "Beauty and the Beast" (Belle), "Into the Woods" (Cinderella), "Grease" (Sandy), "Spelling Bee" (Marcy), "Footloose" (Urleen), "Company" (Jenny), "Murder Ballad" (Sara), "32 MM" (Voice 1), "Ragtime" (Ensemble), "Seussical" (Bird Girl), "Legally Blonde" (Serena), "Urinetown" (Ensemble), "Callisto" (Valentina), and "Un Mundo Hermoso" (Gloria). Postponed due to Covid-19: "West Side Story" (Maria). Mikaela has film, television, commercial, music video, modeling, directing, and choreographing experience, and is also a certified yoga instructor and yoga therapist. "Endless love and gratitude to my amazing family for their constant love and encouragement, and much appreciation for everyone who supports the arts!" IG: MikaelaRuthHolmes www.MikaelaRuthHolmes.com
Ian Cole (Michael) has been performing since childhood. He cut his teeth on the Atlanta music scene, singing alongside some of the finest local musicians. "If there's a mic, I'm gonna sing on it!"Dreams were finally realized when the call to make amazing music with the illustrious InCrowd Recordings came. Since then, Ian Cole has been producing feel-good music for the masses! From The Impressions, to Parliament Funkadelic, to The Grateful Dead, Ian Cole draws influence from all over, and will continue to entertain for the foreseeable future!
Gamble (Music Director) has a Bachelor of Music in Music Education from the University of Georgia and a Master of Music in Music Education from Boston University, which led to a wonderful 9 years as a music educator, wherein they primarily served as a high school choral director. They also directed a cappella groups and middle school ensembles and taught a variety of classes, including AP Music Theory, Songwriting, History of Popular Music, World Percussion, Audio Production, Rock Band, and Musical Theatre Production. During this time, Gamble developed a teaching philosophy based on collaboration and student-directed learning, aiming to empower students through music. Not every student is going to be a musician for the rest of their life, but through music, every student can become a valuable, contributing member of society, standing up for their beliefs and inciting social change. In their new life as a full-time freelance musician, Gamble upholds the same philosophy in all their musical endeavors, whether it's with grown-up students, professional actors and musicians, or the youngest and boldest students: children.There are a ton of things about which Gamble is passionate (tight harmonies, dissonance, sitzprobes, Beethoven, sashimi, and mint ice cream are just a few examples), and they approach these things with exuberance as well as a penchant for eagerly sharing in that joy. Gamble is most enthusiastic about making music with like-minded folks, devoting time and energy to the students who aren't immediately successful, and working with transgender singers to find their voices. www.gingerbreadmusic.org
David Auburn's (Script Consultant) plays include Proof (Pulitzer Prize, Tony Award®, New York Drama Critics Circle Award), An Upset and Amateurs (EST Marathons) and Skyscraper. Films include The Girl in the Park (writer/director) and The Lake House. Recent directing credits include A Delicate Balance for BTF. His short plays have been collected in the volume "Fifth Planet and Other Plays" (DPS). His work has been published in Harper's, New England Review, and Guilt and Pleasure; and he was a contributing editor to the Oxford American Writers Thesaurus. A former Guggenheim Fellow, he lives in New York City.
Stephen Oremus (Vocal Arrangements and Orchestrations) received the 2013 Tony Award for Best Orchestrations for Kinky Boots, for which he also served as Music Supervisor and Arranger. He received the 2011 Tony and Drama Desk Awards for co-orchestrating The Book of Mormon, as well as the 2012 Grammy Award for producing the cast recording. In addition to orchestrations for The Book of Mormon, he wrote the vocal arrangements and serves as music supervisor for the Broadway, National Tour, and London productions. Stephen is the music supervisor and arranger of the original Broadway production of Wicked, and of the subsequent productions of this hugely popular musical playing around the world. He was the music supervisor, vocal arranger, and orchestrator of Avenue Q, for the Broadway, off-Broadway, London, and the National Tour productions. He was the music supervisor, vocal arranger and orchestrator of the Broadway musical adaptation of 9 to 5, with a score by Dolly Parton. Stephen was co-producer, with Ms. Parton, for the Grammy nominated 9 to 5 Broadway cast recording. His other Broadway credits include All Shook Up, as music supervisor/vocal arranger/co-orchestrator; and High Fidelity, as vocal arranger. For the off-Broadway stage, Stephen has conducted, arranged and orchestrated tick, tick...BOOM! and served as music director and conductor of Andrew Lippaâ's The Wild Party at Manhattan Theater Club. He also was music director of Jerry Springer - The Opera at Carnegie Hall. Outside of New York City, he was the music director for the National Tour of Rent, as well as several productions of The Radio City Christmas Spectacular. Stephen was vocal arranger for Tales of the City, a new musical which played at San Francisco's American Conservatory Theater. He was music supervisor and arranger of Signed Sealed Delivered - The Music of Stevie Wonder starring Chaka Kahn at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas and music director and arranger of Broadway Meets Country which featured Trisha Yearwood, Carrie Underwood, and Lee Ann Womack, in both New York City and Nashville. Stephen served as music director/ conductor for Rufus Wainwright's recreation of Judy Garland's legendary 1961 concert at Carnegie Hall, New York City; The Palladium, London; and the Olympia, Paris. He also was the music director and conductor for House of Rufus at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London. The Fox-Searchlight film Shame features Carey Mulligan singing Stephenâ's arrangement of New York, New York. He recently conducted the songs and provided additional orchestrations for the Oscar-winning Disney film Frozen, with music and lyrics by Robert Lopez & Kristen Anderson Lopez. Stephen is a graduate of Berklee College of Music, Boston.
Thien Vuong (Projection Designer) is a creative professional based out of atlanta that has worked professionally with New Media platforms through YouTube, Twitch, & Tiktok. Professional work includes cosplaying for Marvel and DC professionally, new media project with rising YouTubers on twitch with over millions of followers Ironmouse, Silvervale, and many others, creating RealTDragon a multimedia channel with over 100millions views. When it comes tonerdy aspects in new media Thien can be found working infront of the camera and behind the scenes establishing the foundation for many new age creators.
Music Theatre International (MTI) is one of the world's leading theatrical licensing agencies, granting theatres from around the world the rights to perform the greatest selection of musicals from Broadway and beyond. Founded in 1952 by composer Frank Loesser and orchestrator Don Walker, MTI is a driving force in advancing musical theatre as a vibrant and engaging art form. MTI works directly with the composers, lyricists and book writers of these musicals to provide official scripts, musical materials and dynamic theatrical resources to over 70,000 professional, community and school theatres in the US and in over 60 countries worldwide. MTI is particularly dedicated to educational theatre, and has created special collections to meet the needs of various types of performers and audiences. MTI's Broadway Junior™ shows are 30- and 60-minute musicals for performance by elementary and middle school-aged performers, while MTI's School Editions are musicals annotated for performance by high school students.
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Q: Fullscreen bug using dual monitors on top of each other (GNOME3) OK, so I have this weird bug.
I have set up my monitors on top of each other

As you can see the screens aren't totally aligned which is the way I want it.
Now, here's the bug: I can't fullscreen windows on the top monitor. If I fullscreen the window it will only fill the left or right part of the screen (matching the distance from the right edge of the laptop to the right edge of the big screen)
It's like the bottom screen is blocking the middle part of the screen.
This behaviour is not present if I align the screens vertically.
If I drag the corners of the window I can use that part of the screen, it's only when I fullscreen that the problem occurs.
Not sure if this info helps but the only program that I'm able to fullscreen properly is my virtual windows desktop (qemu/virt-manager).

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For a copy of About the ABOTA Foundation, please click here. Please note in the About the ABOTA Foundation, how active the FLABOTA chapters and FLABOTA are in the Teachers' Law School programming!
The Foundation of the American Board of Trial Advocates is dedicated to preserve the Constitutional vision of equal justice for all Americans and our civil justice system for future generations by sponsoring and fostering youth civics education, professional education and training of skilled trial lawyers.
the educational arm of ABOTA.
comprised of Fellows who support the Foundation financially.
managed by the Board of Trustees.
a separate 501(c)(3) corporation aligned with National ABOTA.
The mission of the Foundation of ABOTA is to support the purposes of the American Board of Trial Advocates to preserve the constitutional vision of equal justice for all Americans and preserve our civil justice system for future generations.
Provide civic education including the history and value of the right to trial by jury.
Elevate the standards of legal professionalism, integrity honor and courtesy.
Lead efforts to support the work of the Foundation.
These nationally recognized educational programs are conducted nationwide by ABOTA members under the direction of the Foundation. In 2014, we will sponsor and assist in 17 Masters In Trial and other Masters series programs around the country.
The first ABOTA National Trial College was held on the campus of Princeton University in 2010. In 2012, moved our venue to the campus of Harvard Law School and hope to go forward working with Harvard on an every other year basis. Classes are taught by accomplished ABOTA trial lawyers. With a robust 2:1 student to faculty ratio, we will accept 36 students for the National Trial College, which will take place June 22-27, 2014, at Harvard Law School.
This is an excellent and well-received educational program with materials. ABOTA Chapters and members present in law schools and local bars throughout the nation teaching Why Civility Matters. We have a ready-made toolkit and there are several ways to present. Many laws schools have now adopted the curriculum. There is a push led by the co-chairs of our Professionalism, Ethics and Civility Committee (Bill Smith, David Casselman and Don Winder) for the American Bar Association (ABA) to recommend it to become a mandatory part of the curriculum in all ABA accredited law schools.
We have sponsored, created and presented programs in locations throughout the globe, including Prague, Czech Republic; Riga, Latvia; Lisbon, Portugal; Florence, Italy; Belfast, Ireland; Rome, Italy; Seoul, Korea; Tokyo, Japan; Madrid, Spain and Rabat, Morocco. This year we will conduct a Master in Trial in Berlin, Germany Sept. 4-6, 2014. These program conferences sometimes include a demonstration of a jury trial (a concept foreign to certain cultures) and follow-up seminars/discussions about comparative law, due process, etc. Many times we are presenting to (and with the help of) top national legal officials like Attorneys General, Ministers, Supreme Court Justices, professors, lawyers, law students and occasionally regular citizens.
ABOTA created and provides teachers free lesson plans for youth civics education. Justice by the People arose from an idea of then ABOTA National President Ron Rouda (San Francisco) in 1998 that led to the creation of Make Your Case, an interactive video trial game where students compete against each other as trial lawyers in a civil case. Justice by the People has expanded to include 10 lesson plans in addition to Make Your Case.
In 2006, we partnered with Scholastic, Inc., the largest educational publisher of K-12 educational materials in the United States, and have since reached millions of middle school students by making these materials readily and widely available free of charge to thousands of teachers on www.Scholastic.com. Our funding provides for updates, promotions and pushes from the website to reach teachers throughout the year and make a particular push ahead of Constitution Day each year.
In 2014 we are revising and upgrading the lesson plans to meet Common Core State Standards (CCSS), recently adopted in 45 states. If we fail to do so, Justice by the People will become obsolete to today's educators.
Teachers Law Schools (TLS) began in 2009 as the brainchild of ABOTA member David Halpern. They have grown throughout the nation in various formats. Texas sponsors about 30 teachers annually for a 2 1/2 day mini college on the law presented by top lawyers and state supreme court, appellate and federal judges. TLS programs have expanded to several other states. The program has developed into a single-day, in-service teacher training for civics/social studies teachers in collaboration with school districts and state superintendents.
In 2014 we are focused on making Teachers Law School both easier for ABOTA chapters to present to their local school districts/teachers and more relevant to teachers given the adoption of Common Core State Standards (CCSS) in 45 states. We are working on creating a standard half-day curriculum in CCSS lesson plan format and other outlines of topics of interest to teachers focused on civics education and jury trials. Local chapters will have a ready-made toolkit with half-day curriculum and can choose from a selection of outlined topics or present their own homegrown topics the other half day.
James Otis, Jr., was arguably the most influential lawyer of his time. In a pre-Revolutionary War trial, James Otis' argument against the Writs of Assistance that "A man's house is his castle" inspired a young law student and future President, John Adams, who later wrote, "Then and there the child Liberty was born." This concept was the bedrock of America's pursuit of independence. The James Otis Lecture Series has been adapted in various states to provide more local education about the law and history of the law in America. The lectures are often held at state capitol buildings and having the best high school scholars sitting in the legislative seats with lectures from Supreme Court and Appellate justices and law professors.
The Foundation sponsors several high school mock trial competitions. High school students form teams of "attorneys, witnesses and court personnel" and compete against other teams in mock trials judged by actual judges and attorneys. This results in regional, state and eventually a national competition. ABOTA members sit as judges of the competition. Given the limits on our funding abilities, we are presently considering funding on a matching basis with local ABOTA chapters and regional chapters.
We partnered with iCivics and Justice Sandra Day O'Connor on producing We the Jury that teaches civics to students in an entertaining, interactive online game where the students participate as jurors and make decisions analyzing testimony and weighing evidence. Teachers are supported with materials and plans aligned with the Common Core Standards.
We have provided financial support to the Journalist Law School at Loyola Law School, Los Angeles to provide journalists with a better foundation from which to frame legal issues in their reporting and provide them resources to check on the law and the accuracy of their stories.
The Foundation hosted key curriculum decision makers in civics education, including leading civics educators, state superintendents and state government policy makers. The conference discussed the state of civics education today, what can be done about improving it, available programs, and best practices nationwide. Justice Sandra Day O'Connor was the keynote speaker.
Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justices David Souter and Sandra Day O'Connor as well as several leading professors and educators from around the country presented on the critical need to improve the state of civic education in the United States.
Present a vital session attended by 500-600 social sciences and civics teachers on Closing the Gap in Civic Education. This will feature Teachers' Law Schools and civic efforts in Montana at the native American reservation, Miami-Dade County Teachers' Law Schools and Houston Teachers' Law School.
Present a workshop featuring the Teachers Law School program.
Have a booth featuring the Foundation civics education programs (Justice by the People, Teachers Law Schools and James Otis Lecture Series) and ABOTA in general.
The ABOTA Foundation contributed toward their 2013 civic education booklet series promoting civic participation, including sitting as jurors with the right to jury trial featured prominently aimed at high school students.


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Leading by seven points after the game's first 10 minutes, the USA (3-0) quickly pulled away from New Zealand (0-3) with a 12-0 run in the second period and continued on to an impressive 98-71 win that saw six U.S. players reach double-figures and all 12 players score in the 2014 FIBA World Cup on Tuesday evening at Bizkaia Arena.
While the USA will play Dominican Republic (1-1) at 3:30 p.m. EDT on Sept. 3 (ESPN2) and conclude its preliminary round on Sept. 4 against Ukraine (2-1) at 11:30 a.m. EDT (ESPN2), tonight's win assured the USA of at least a top-four finish in its group and a berth into the round of 16.
"It was a good solid performance," said USA coach Mike Krzyzewski (Duke University). "I thought the intensity was excellent. We were playing against a different offense, that's a really good offense that New Zealand runs, and it's a very difficult offense to defend with big guys because everybody is away from the basket. But overall it was good, we beat a team that really executes well and plays hard every second they are out there. So good response starting this three games in three days."
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"Each and every last one of us doesn't care who scores the ball, as long as we win," Faried said. "We are just trying to get the gold. We don't care who's out there scoring, who's out there rebounding, who's out there getting steals or the shine and glory. We just want to win games."
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The USA led by as many as 12 points in the first quarter, but two 3-pointers in the last 1:29 and a put-back at the buzzer for New Zealand allowed it close the gap to seven points, 27-20.
Helping the USA to break away was the USA's red-hot second-quarter shooting. The Americans were 10-of-14 from the field in the second quarter for an impressive 71.4 percent. Meanwhile, the U.S. defense cooled New Zealand to just 31.6 percent (6-19 FGs) and forced eight turnovers in the second period alone.
After outscoring New Zealand 30-15 in quarter, the USA headed to the locker room with a 57-35 lead.
Derrick Rose (Chicago Bulls) for the first time started the second half on the floor, and Krzyzewski rolled out several different lineups.
"Well I put him (Rose) out there because he is one of the best players in the league," said Krzyzewski. "Also, he has to get minutes with the guys that are playing more minutes, because he is a guy who should play a lot of minutes. It's something that I thought about doing before the game, and it worked out that way. I thought Kyrie (Irving) played really well, and I thought Derrick played really well. But I didn't use them that much together tonight; I wanted to see them separate."
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STAT NOTES: The USA finished shooting 51.5 percent (35-68 FGs) … New Zealand shot 40.3 percent (29-72 FGs) for the game … The USA recorded 14 steals in the contest … The Americans went to the foul line 34 times and sank 22 of their charity tries, while New Zealand was just 4-of-7 from the foul line.
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Change Or Chain
On July 16, 2021 By PaulLeave a comment
Sun. 29.9.91
In life it's either change or chain
Bondage is lengthy like the train
To break the shackles that blind us
Requires more than just supernatural urge.
We blind ourselves to our worldly ways
Wealth and possessions make our hearts sway
We blind ourselves like the melody unchained
To break free seems such a silly change.
We can change for the better or worse
In chains we can find no verse
To change or be in chain is up to us
It must give from within us.
To change means forsaking
To be in chain is possessing.
When our live for Him prevails
worldly things we can assail.
Life's Three Es
A child is generally happy & cheerful . . . full of spirit, energy, enthusiasm & emotionally focused on things he pursues. My grandson Nathanael (13) for instance, once he settled, he would be most reluctant & agitated to be pulled aside to do something else. He's most single-mindedness in all his engagements.
As we grow older, we tend to lose our spirit bit by bit as a result from the pitfalls in life. Life of course is not a bed of roses, for even with the prettiest rose bush, thorns are all over.
It is well worth to remember that success is relatively simple . . . it's just fools like to complicate matters to justify for their own failure. Then too, no man can really succeed solely by accident or luck. Real success depends a great deal upon his ability & capacity & how much of his potential he develops & uses. Also I believe in making things simple, for simplicity sells & complexity repels. Stickability comes into play . . . never to die until you're dead.
From the womb to the tomb there is but one room. Make that room really worthwhile for you to rest in peace.
The qualitative & quantitative of life depends much on your input. Apart from working both hard & smart, you'd need the catalyst of the Three Es . . . which are Excitement, Enthusiasm & Emotion. They are essentially the fuel & energy that keep the fire of life burning. An old entrepreneur was once asked "How are you today?" He simply replied "I am feeling better & better each day . . . any better I'll be perfect." That's his mindset or attitude.
When you get up first thing in the morning, be thankful & grateful to God that you are still alive. You are as energetic & spirited to brave the storm of life.
Modern life brings on lots of sufferings, strife & fear. Are you an overcomer or you are overcome particularly by the prevailing Civid-19 pandemic. Not seeming to go away over the last couple of years, we may have to learn to live with it, as what Singapore government is ready planning to do for the safety & security of its population.
I often like to say "Grow up but don't
grow old" which is chronologically impossible. However, we can be like young children who play all day without worry or care . . . with all the energy consumed with excitement, enthusiasm & emotion.
Live . . . don't merely exist.
On July 7, 2021 By PaulLeave a comment
(First Settled in 1881)
Paul Chong 7 July 2021
Kalamunda up in Perth Hills among the trees
Where once a train zig-zagged up its way in spree
It used to be a health and holiday resort
with scattered stilted buildings of sorts.
Kalamunda of old had a post office and chemist,
a closely-knit community with just one dentist,
a doctor, two butchers, a guest house and a pub.
Nothing buzzing like the present hub.
Canning Road was nothing but a narrow dirt track
with trees on both sides to spread
todays traffic come and go
that was never seen before.
The air was fresh, the rest were green
The atmosphere was certainly most serene.
The greenies then would have no complaint
There was nothing absolutely that need to be explained.
Present Kalamunda is one of changing scene.
With new developments everywhere to be seen
Kalamunda Central appears so monstrous now
Striking out the rural setting of renown.
To grow to progress is to change
Kalamunda Town could never be the same.
Generally changes were met with resistance
Time alone will render it assistance
With the growth of facilities will bring
Hopefully a steady stream of beings
Population must increase &business will surely grow
Kalamunda can never be like before.
Originally composed by Paul Chong
Kalamunda has attained City status now.
Kalamunda Hotel is over 100 years old.
. . . To A Better Tomorrow
On July 4, 2021 July 5, 2021 By PaulLeave a comment
This episode happened a few days ago. A beautiful winter day with clear blue sky that just urged me to be out & about in the City of Kalamunda despite my left leg & lower back hurting greatly from sciatic pain.
But for my ache & pain, I would have wandered more. However, I found that I had over an hour to wait for the next bus. At the bus terminal, there was a sweet young school girl called Maddy w Lfvihom I approached for help over the bus schedule. What happened next was an unbelievably miracle when she called her mother for help. Her mother came from home & soon happily we were homeward bound including Maddy's boyfriend.
Oftentimes, it's the little good things that you perform that would mean heaven on earth to the person you help.
Anna. to you I sing . . . "You are my special angel sent from high above" to bless & guide me onto the road "to a better tomorrow". She's always cheerful & smiling . . . ever-ready to respond to calls for help.
It's the little things that matter in life. Minor things will lead you on to greater things. To quote President John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what the country can do for you but what you can do for the country." Unfortunately, he was assassinated & so very young. The plot was so carefully planned & executed & so well covered up that until today you may never know why they did it.
America, so claimed & named by the Chinese as a "beautiful country" is full of killings, wars & assassinations. The greatest US President Abraham Lincoln was another President who was assassinated. Would it be because he brought on the Emancipation & the Freedom of slaves?
Why can't men live in peace & harmony? Why can't we all benefit mutually on a "win-win" basis the China is promoting. I think only fools like to complicate things in order to justify for their lack of ability. Again, it's such a rotten world we live in where greed prevails & generosity & kindness of heart are so rare.
Thomas Aquinas (1225 – 1274) was an Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, Catholic priest, and Doctor of the Church. An immensely influential philosopher, theologian, and jurist in the tradition of scholasticism, he also known within the latter as the Doctor Angelicus, the Doctor Communis, and the Doctor Universalis. (Wikipedia).
He had this wonderful mindset: " I shall pass this way but once. Therefore any good I can do, let me do it now. Let not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again".
Let this be your awakening. Make things happen rather than for things to happen. Your contribution in any small way will go a long way. As Confucius says: "The journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step". Don't just be a spectator or sit on the fence watching the world goes by.
A Tale Of Three Nations
A Tale Three Nations
It's interesting to look back in time & perceive the fast changes that are happening especially in China, which within one generation transforms itself from a third world country to be the second largest economy in the world, It is more astounding & phenomenal to realise that it 's being achieved all on its own without outside help. Get off your mule train & jump on the high speed train ;lest you lag further & further behind.
History can be most interesting in your understanding of the past & present, though I never quite like it when in school because of the difficulty of remembering dates. Ignorance of the past would lead you on to lots of misunderstanding.
Let's illustrate it with a story of a stone-age story teller or speaker. Those days a speaker was a strange creature. Kipling told a story of a band of primitive stone-age men huddled around camp fire. They had engaged in a tremendous battle with a wooly mammoth or a sables-tooth tiger or perhaps both. Suddenly, one of their number left up to his feet & began relating the story of that day. He began walking up & down, gesticulating & talking, making sound so graphic that everyone around the campfire relived the battle all over again. He told the story of what they had done & they were filled with awe & horror all over again, for there was magic in his words. So they took him away & killed him.
Today, they would paid him a big fee & Hollywood would engage him for the big screen.
From the primitive to the more civilised time. US for the past two hundred more years has been the supreme global master. Who dared to threaten US? It would be absolute suicide to do so.
To establish the great American Dream, US has been a warring nation. It fought & fights unendingly since the 1700s with superior weapons of mass destruction, causing tremendous human sufferings & uncountable offensive human rights the world over. US has fought more wars than all the countries in the world combined. Ironically, they are not all the time victorious. In Vietnam they had to run for their lives. As a world power they go round threatening & intimidating all the minor nations "If you're not for us, then you're against us."
Speaking of genocide, they are undoubtedly the greatest culprits, & they dare to point finger at others. Virtually the whole Red Indian nations was wiped out by the Americans. The history cannot be wiped clean with the kind of human treatment they committed towards the Afro America up to the present era. And they dare preach on the question the fundamentals & basic practice of human rights. Suffice we mention this much of atrocities, for who can deny these facts.
We shall switch our attention to a lesser nation like Australia which by comparison is not dissimilar to the establishment of US.
Australia was initially founded as a convict colony of United Kingdom which built the greatest colonial empire the world has known. When Captain Cook first landed on the shore of New South Wales in April 1770, he declared it as "Terra Nullius" which simply means "Nobody's Land".
This doctrine has existed in the law of nations throughout the development of Western democracy. The fact that it is a Latin phrase gives us the clue that it is derived from Roman law – the concept that ownership by seizure of a thing no one owns is legitimate 20 Oct 2017.
The rule of law and reconciliation – Federal Court of Australia, was finally recognised with the aborigines as the rightful owners. I would suggest, if I may, that name be changed to "Ausgines" (meaning the original inhabitants of Australia).On 13 February 2008 , PM Kevin Rudd on behalf of Australia, apologised for the "Lost/Stolen Generations".
The term Lost/Stolen Generations refers to the National Inquiry Into the Separation of Aboriginal Children from Families.
By the power of the British guns the whole Aboriginal population was virtually clean especially in Tasmania
where concerted effort of genocide left none standing & white supremacy reigned.
While the eastern states were colonised largely by British convicts, Western Australia was settled by the more elite British class.
White Australia policy, formally Immigration Restriction Act of 1901, in Australian history, fundamental legislation of the new Commonwealth of Australia that effectively stopped all non-European immigration into the country & that contributed to the development of a racially insulated white society.
Australia is richly endowed with natural resources of oil & gas, iron ore & other minerals including gold. Australia was a very rich nation in 1885, ranking higher than US, but after 50 years, it continued to slip down the economic scale. It was overtaken & replaced by US & Canada. In today's standing, Singapore is ahead of Australia & even slide down behind its many Asian neighbours. As predicted by the then PM Paul Keating that Australia would become a "Banana Republic". As things are, PM Scomo(Scott Morrison) will see to it for sure. It is a silly suicide of vast economic proportion to begin a political tiff with China after 14 years of establishing a good trading relationship, all because Scomo chooses to support US in its campaign to contain China. It's wise not to bite the hand that feeds you economically.
Now lastly, what sort of history does Malaysia possess? Initially, Malaya (firstly known as) was formed with a mixed group of people from all parts of Asia & Southeast Asia. The so-called Malay race of Muslim origin were from Indonesia & the Arab world. They so claimed themselves to be the Bumiputra (sons of the soil) which legitimately would be the native inhabitants. Everyone else is from outside. The enterprising Chinese immigrants were mostly the peasants from southern China seeking economic opportunities for a better life. The Indians came for similar reason but they were largely employed in rubber plantations & labourers in the government service sector.
The Chinese well known for their assiduous economic pursuits, were engages in the tin mining industries, trade & businesses. In time through sheer hard work they prospered building towns & cities. They were the economic faces of the country while the Malays were quite contented living in attap stilt houses in the rural areas. They tended the west pari fields, fishing in them or out in the open seas. They were & are a less competitive group of people than the enterprising Chinese. So Chinese prospered with envy & jealousy from the Malays. There arose constant disputes, strive & fights between the Chinese & Malays.
The wiry British came upon the scene with the pretence of "intervention" to settle disputes & stayed on to colonise the rich "Golden Chersonese". Take your hats off for the British diplomacy. Undoubtedly, the British had the greatest imperial colonies among all nations.
Malaya became independent in 1957 under the mild & easy going leadership of Tunku Abdul Rahman. Malaysia came into existence with the mutual consent to amalgamate Sabah, Sarawak & Singapore with Malaya in 1963. Singapore was ousted out of the union for political reasons in 1965 . . . Lee Kuan Yew was fast gaining popularity & moving too fast with the concept of Malaysian Malaysia much to the dislike of the Malay politicians.
In the final analysis, the socio-economic-politic woes in Malaysia rest entirely upon the shoulders if the Chinese who were & are too focused on the economic aspect of the country failing to realise that political power rules supreme.
Presently Malaysia swept by the Corona Virus epidemic & a backdoor political entry of incapable PM Mohyiddin, laughably called"Mohaiddin". He avoided the king's advice to step down as PM. The people are suffering more chaos and dragging deeper & deeper into the quagmire.
There are two significant questions that need to be asked. What if the Indians & Chinese were to leave Malaysia? Also what will happen when oil runs dry in Malaysia? Already, there has a tremendous brain drain among the Chinese. Famous & successful sugar king Robert Kwok has long pulled out of Malaysia & established his headquarters in Hong Kong.
Where do we go from here? The rich are getting richer among the MPs & their cronies, as in US the top 1% controlling the bottom 99%. The US has acted like a Big Brother for over two centuries & detests to be beaten ed as the hegemonic head of the world. Trade war, economic sanctions, demonising China, propaganda & other strategic moves are all designed to contain China. Without the shadow of any doubt the pandemic is created by the US as a biological warfare. Of course, no sensible power would ever consider a physical war for with the proliferation of nuclear weapons, it would mean the end of us all.
*Please read my other related articles in my blog at https://paulchong.net for more information eg. Be A Shining Beacon & Malaysian Dream.
Grasstrees of Western Australia
On June 27, 2021 June 28, 2021 By PaulLeave a comment
A Chinese by Descent
An Australian by Consent
Australia is a unique country . . . popularly known as the Lucky Country. Its uniqueness rests upon the fact as being a huge island continent featuring animals like kangaroo & koala not found anywhere else. Another amongst others is the prominent grass trees in Western Australia quite different from those in the eastern states.
Grasstrees formerly known as Blackboy is not like the conventional tree. Its got a black trunk with
green spiny growth sticking out from all over the trunk. It catches fire easily & its black trunk is due to forrest fire which helps in its growth & spread. Its growth is only one centimetre per year. Nowadays it's a popular landscape feature despite costing from $1000 to $3000 depending on height & the number of prongs. For instance, a three-prong grasstree being rare will cost in the upper price range.
With such a landscaped garden of dark sentinels with porcupine hair, no watering is required. The only maintenance is to give " the blackbody a haircut" as used to be said.
Because of the racial connotation attached to the name, its name nowadays is
"grasstree". Fire takes care of grasstrees naturally & guardingly. Without a haircut, it's pretty unkempt & becomes a fire hazard.
Grasstrees are a galore on my escarpment home block of land both in front & back of our residence. Thinking I could make a deal with the grass tree businessman down the hill closely. Contrarily, he would charge me for "removing" them with heavy machinery.
You wonder how grasstrees propagate themselves in their natural environment. Growing tall from the centre of the tree is the flowering stem/stick coated by a sticky rough ness of flowers (nothing much to look at). When caught with fire, these tiny flowers explode & are dispersed far & wide. In time tens & hundreds of years they would appear protruding from the ground at the rate of the cehtimdfer per year.
I am very happy to say that we have three or four grass trees in a cluster guarding our letter box. & tens of dark sentinels standing tall in our backyard.
ASAP – Always Say A Prayer
On June 25, 2021 By PaulLeave a comment
Paul Chong Friday, 25 June 2021
Conventionally, the abbreviation ASAP is always taken to mean As Soon As Possible. In times like these with the prevailing pandemic Covid-19, seemingly unending & in fact claimed to become endemic, we have to learn to live with it. Singapore government has already making plans & policies to ensure safety & security for its people. No doubt other countries will in due course follow suit.
In times of crisis whom can you really trust. Nothing nor anybody!
Can we learn to live with it? We can if we trust God & He will not let you down. In God we trust. Always say a prayer . . . ASAP.
In times of crisis, stress & strain, set your heart right with God & He will carry you through. Also your thinking will be right, avoiding all the medical pitfalls, all the giant pharmaceuticals of profiteering & greed of the rich & filty men behind the scene with the objective of enriching themselves rather than curing & saving helpless people.
Perhaps this all men's fault, & God has sent this pandemic as universal punishment. Men are definitely & progressively becoming more sinful. When will men ever learn from lessons in Biblical past?
As an encouragement to firm believers, herein below are some positive poetic lines to fortify you . . .
There's work to do, deadlines to meet;
You've got no time to spare,
But as you hurry & scurry –
ASAP – ALWAYS SAY A PRAYER.
In the midst of family chaos,
"Quality time" is rare
Do your best; let God do the rest –
It may seem like your worries
Are more than you bear
Slow down & take a breather –
God knows how stressful life is;
He wants to ease our cares,
And He'll respond to all your needs
Prayer is one of the best gifts we receive. There is no cost but a lot of rewards, so let's continue to pray for one another.
God Be With You.
Malaysian Dream
On June 21, 2021 June 28, 2021 By Paul1 Comment
Three score & four years ago, Tunku Abdul Rahman & his Alliance embarked on a "Merdeka Mission" to London to negotiate & secure independence for then then Malaya from the British colonial master. For most of us, it was the beginning of a beautiful Malayan Dream . . . as to be released from the bond of British control & sheer exploitation.
However, in all fairness to the British colonial masters, they left behind a rich legacy in education & the rule of law.
The new nation rejoiced & cerebrated its Merdeka (Independence) on 31 August 1957 till today as Malaysia Day. The Federation of Malaysia officially came into being on 16 September 1963 following the amalgamation of Malaya, Singapore, Sarawak and North Borneo (later renamed Sabah).
I am not about giving a history lecture here but we can learn from history & you can't change history. Sensitive as it may be, the truth of it all with the present political woes must be told for the sake of the present & future generations. I shall speak the truth & shame the devil. There have been tremendous concealment & coverup of scenario & changing events.
The honeymoon was soon over the day the affable & much loved Father of the Nation Tunku Abdul Rahman was stabbed in the back & ousted by his Deputy PM Tun Hj. Abdul Razak (1922 – 1976), the father of Najib, the greatest financial crook in political history, who through the great financial heist 1MDB siphoned off billions of ringgit to enrich himself. To him "Cash is King". No doubt an excellent disciple of Tun Dr. Mahathir. . . no small thief either during his 22-year reign as the Prime Minister. The wiry fox did a world of damage to Malaysia which time & space do not permit me to relate. He came back at age 92 as PM after the 14GE in 2018. Luckily or not, that tenure was short lived.
As said, the Malayan Dream was short upon the coming of Tun Hj. Abdul Razak. He was but a young lawyer when he went to London for Merdeka mission. He was a young PM in a hurry. He was suspected of having cancer & passed away at age 54. Well before that he had recalled his son Najib back from higher studies in London & prepared him well for politics.
He was the first Malaysian PM to have gone to China to cut off the Chinese traders & businesses from all direct trading links with China. Subsequently, all imports of Chinese products have to go through Pernas. With political power in hands of the Malays, all economic activities were swept away.
In the words of the then DPM Musa Hitam both political & economic woes rest entirely on the shoulders of the Chinese who were & are less politically involved concentrating mainly on the economic side of life.
Tun Razak changed the whole inherited education system by switching the medium of instruction to Malay, a matter of national pride. Procedure in Parliament, the courts of law were all affected. He instituted the National Economic Plan (NEP) with special privileges & benefits to the Bumiputra Malays, the so-called "sons of the soil" . . . THIS TERM DOES APPLY TO OTHER RACES EVEN THOUGH BORN IN THE COUNTRY. It was proposed to help & eliminate the economic gap between the Malays & non-Malays for a period of 30 years, but the policy seems never ending. Civil services, banks & corporations, army & police are all monopolised by the Malays. Injustices & unfairness are too numerous to mention them all.
Can you imagine a country with an absolute CCN more famous the famed CNN news media. Here CCN stands for Corruption, Cronyism & Nepotism. MPs are all billionaires. How not to expect Tun Dr. Mahathir & Najib & their whole families not possessing all the ill begotten billions concealed in secret accounts overseas. The three Rs Policy of Race, Religion & Royalties must be eradicated. It's absolutely detrimental to the nation's growth & progress.
Presently, there are squabbles in Parliament over the illegal backdoor entry PM Mohyddin (now nicknamed Mahiaddin, a word with a bad connotation attached in the Cantonese dialect), unheeding to the Agong's advice to step down as PM & reluctant to open Parliament for fear of losing his power. Now the loosely glued Perikatan Nasional coalition has been plunged into panic mode. Who knows what's going to happen?
Malaysia is known as the "BolehLand", anything goes. They amend the constitution like changing clothes. Everything is chaotic.
No country can endure with polarisation or being marginalised, or treated unfairly or unjustly. Sixty-four years spell enough is enough.
Let's look at its ousted southern neighbour. On 9 August 1965, Singapore was ousted from Malaysia to become an independent and sovereign state. The truth of this is political . . . the fear of Lee Kuan Yew's popularity as a very able leader & his proposal & campaign of the concept of "Malaysian Malaysia. The Malaysian Alliance Party would not be fearful of being overcome by a greater number of Chinese. Lee Kuan Yew was moving too fast for the less able & competitive Malay. Nevertheless, you only have to look at Singapore today, rich & prosperous, enjoying peace & harmony by all irrespective of colour, race or religion.
If Singapore without any natural resources like Malaysia can make it great, how come Malaysia is now becoming the poor cousin of its south east Asian neighbours & lagging far behind Singapore?
In the final analysis & in total fairness & justice to all the rakyat, & you be your own judge & jury, has the NEP (National Economic Policy) produced any positive tangible result? As an observer looming in from from outside, I can absolutely say in the negative:
Malay graduates from the numerous local universities are finding jobs as taxi drivers, delivery boys or couriers, waiters/waitressers
In small country like Malaysia there are 20 Public Universities (IPTA). Malaysia also has 60 Private Higher Education Institutions (IPTS) like Universiti Teknologi Petronass (UTP), Universiti Multi Media (MMU) and Universiti Tenaga Nasional (Uniten). The issue here is most of them have doubtful accreditation. Students are being admitted like mushrooms.
Education ranking is the lowest in the Pacific rim.
The MPs are amending the nation Constitution like changing clothes. Semua boleh.
Unlike Indonesia, the government there is stressing on the study of English & Mandarin Chinese, two most important languages jn the changing world of trade & globalisation, Malaysia, clinging to national pride, will have no change in their educational policy.
All Policies are heavily entrenched in the abandoned South African style of apartheid creating more & more marginalisation & polarisation.
A nation of sheep led by blindness shapherds leading to a socio-economic & political quagmire.
Suffice for me to mention just these few madnesses among the heap of matters that need to be sorted out. As it is,I have not even mentioned the whole issue of the basic human rights.
Shame on you Malaysia. You could easily stand tall & unrighteous with a shining beacon to guide others along. Instead you are into a quagmire & who can come to drain the swamp? Can the Malaysian Dream be resurrected? Courage to face the truth would be the initial step.
WHAT MALAYSIA NEEDS IS AN ABLE LEADER LIKE NELSON MANDELA, MODI OR MAHATMA GANDHI, LEE KUAN YEW OR XI JINPING.
Viva Malaysian Dream!
NB: Please read my previous related article "Be A Shining Beacon".
Be A Shining Beacon
Figuratively, the prospect of a new government with a beacon of hope for millions exhibiting the true concept of Malaysian Malaysia.
Somehow between ex-lovers there's still exists a soft spot. As an ex-Malaysian, born & bred, schooled & educated, worked & lived half my life in a country which I used to refer to as the Golden Chersonese, I can't help feeling a pang of pain for the deterioration of my ex-country over the last sixty years. It has sunk into a socio-economic-political quagmire. We've got to drain the swamp.
I am no politician, nor a great judge & jury. As a layman observer looking in from outside, it's glaringly clear that a total revamp of government must be executed.
Since Malaysia's inception in September 1963, Malaysia has not been "a government for the people, of the people & by the people". It's always been a polarised country with vested interests for the so-called Bumpotra (or more accurately UMNOPUTRA), the Malay religious Muslims, a rampant corruption practice of CCN (Corruptin, Cronyism &Nepotism), confused not withe US CNN media. The greatest financial heist & scam being the 1Malaysia Development Berhad scandal (1MDB). The main culprit behind the MDB scandal being NAJIB, the former Prime Minister with the mindset that "Cash is King" . . . no doubt an excellent disciple of none other than ex PM Tun Dr. Mahathir.
Let's get back to the present & the future. Also I am not here to discuss or criticise the proposal of UNITY or LEGITIMATE government.
My humble suggestions are as follow:
Establish an ELECTION SUPREME COUNCIL to SELECT well qualified political candidates WITH NO RACIAL BIAS, RELIGIOUS INCLINATION etc.
Then only ELECTION. This system of selection & election has been most successfully carried out in China & Singapore.
We've got to have the right people in Parliament to ensure good governance with every aspect of the people taken care, to establish a fair & just society, equality & opportunities for all in education, jobs & positions in all fields of human endeavour.
The scars are plentiful, much too much to name them all. The crux of the matter is to forgive & forget and start anew. A fresh start is the best start. After all "to grow to progress is to change."
Be courageous. Having courage means essentially "to die on your feet rather to live on your knees." Singapore is one country to emulate for its tremendous economic growth despite the fact tat it was predicted to fail when it was separated from Malaysia in 1965. Singapore without any natural resources has done very well indeed . . . it's all because of good leadership under Lee Kuan Yew & his team of capable ministers.
Of course, China is a shining example of good government, which within 40 years has become the second largest economy in the world & will be number one within this decade.
In both examples, it's the human resources that really count. No taking or waiting for handouts. That's the way to go!
I know & realise that this may seem to be an impossible task. Remember nothing is impossible! In this Golden Chersonese which is often referred to as "BOLEHLAND", you need to "seek & find & not to yield" a man in the like of Nelson Mandela, Lee Kuan Yew & last but not least Xi Jinping to lead the country on to glory, peace & harmony , , , to be that Shining Beacon for all the world to see . . . to be that guiding light in troubled waters. YES YOU CAN!
Viva Malaysian Malaysia!
Holding Destiny In Your Own Hands
On June 8, 2021 June 20, 2021 By PaulLeave a comment
Paul Chong 8 June 2021
Is it fated that we are what we are? It's popularly said that we become what we think. So are we the captain of our ship & master of our own destiny?
It's said that "some men are born great, others achieve greatness & still others have greatness thrust upon them."
You'll see below that surprisingly many a great man could have ended life miserably had they simply gave up in despair.
Here we shall relate you how Great Men turned Adversity To Victory.
Abraham Lincoln entered the Black Hawk War as a captain and came out private.
F.W. Woolworth got a job in a dry goods store when he was 21 but his employer wouldn't let him wait on the customers because he didn't have enough sense.
Walt Disney was fired by his newspaper editor because he had "no good ideas".
Einstein was four years old before he could speak and seven before he could read.
So, be inspired by the lives of these great men . . . with the staying power to scale their great heights.
Therefore, you can be a star . . . not to be hindered by your scar.


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We know GAMES are the effervescence of the curriculum; excitement, energy and engagement on tap.
Come on, weave your learning outcomes into a game and you won't be able to stop them learning!
A wealth of games awaits YOU........ Board Games, Dice Games, Card Games, Bingo Games, Role Play Games, Outdoor Games, Trails Games..............the list goes on and on.
From the creative team at CPD College comes a truly refreshing new course that redefines the place of games in classrooms across the country. Get the inside track..... the principles, skills and techniques to create curriculum games.
Perhaps, you will create the 'HIT' game that will become such a commercial success that you will need to take immediate retirement in order to try and keep the money spent!
Or ...... simply, load up on the hundreds of games within the course that are ready to go, or that can be modified up or down a level to suit your needs.
The premise of this course is to transform the quality of teaching and learning by embracing the evidence based pedagogy of 'Game Based Learning', utilising both TRADITIONAL Games and DIGITAL Games to deliver on many of the curriculum expectations, particularly in mathematics and literacy.
Games embody timeless learning principles and if we are able to integrate those into classroom teaching then we can really engage our children in a way that's much more meaningful......... and we show you how!
By delivering curriculum through the medium of games — some digital, some not — we hope to bridge the chasm between what children truly enjoy and value in their lives, and what they need to learn in school. This "connected learning," makes learning irresistible. It's connected to childrens' lives, with a purpose, and with relevance to the real world.
We know from the research that 'doing' far outweighs both 'showing' and 'telling' when it comes to learning. Teachers need to design experiences that tap the pedagogical power of games to increase student engagement, activate key 21st Century skills, and improve learning outcomes.
What if every strand unit in your class felt like a level in a game? What if your students were so engaged, they couldn't wait to show off what they know and get to the next stage? What if learning, collaboration, feedback and reflection happened naturally?
In this course we set out with you to begin the adventure of designing your own game-like curriculum, creating traditional games, modifying existing games, evaluating, harnessing and assigning all games, be they traditional or digital, to the expectations across the strands and strand units of your literacy and mathematics curriculum.
We must engage our students in ways that are exciting, empowering and culturally relevant. Teachers must fundamentally re-imagine the experience of teaching, learning, and engaging students with a games based pedagogy, a pedagogy that should not only be obvious, but pervasive.
Join us this year and prepare to 'GAME' your curriculum, schemes and lesson plans for 2016/2017.
Explore how teachers are effectively using games for game based learning in the classroom, particularly in mathematics and literacy.
Create their own traditional style games as a medium to deliver curriculum expectations i.e. board games, dice games, card games etc.
Review, plan and action points for improvement in their 'Teacher Practice' as part of SSE.
01 - We take an in-depth look at game-like learning principles in action, the steps for introducing games to the classroom and explore a range of great curriculum centred mathematical games for real classrooms, offering teachers tips and tools for bringing them into their own practice.
We specify the game creation process and structural elements: Jazzy Name, Learning Goals, Challenge, Core Mechanics, Components, Rules, Space etc. and task teachers to create and share own games for maths within the module discussion & assignment forum.
02 - There are just so many traditional games out there with a focus on literacy development: board games, role play games, social games, oral language games, spelling games, storytelling games etc. Many can be used as is or modified to simply recast an existing game play structure with new content/learning outcomes. We bring you lots, to be used as is or simply modified to reach new levels and heights!
03 - 'Game Based Learning' in digital is a 21st Century approach to learning rooted in how games drop players into accessible, inquiry-based, feedback-rich, and complex problem solving spaces. Many in the past have been intrigued by game-based learning, but have been unsure where to begin? Here we provide all the background knowledge, guiding principles and the resources to begin making GBL part of what each teacher does next year. We look at simulations, drill and practice, problem solving etc. on various devices.
04 - Digital games are powerful learning tools, which we must plan to use and integrate, purposefully & meaningfully. There are volumes freely available to use and GBL is a preferred medium in which children like to learn. Whatever your classroom management style, in-class games can work when you invoke your usual rules, assign student roles, facilitate effectively, and plan game learning time. A good educational game offers engagement, assessment, and learning, with the game data providing a valuable invisible assessment opportunity for students, teachers, and parents alike.
05 - There are many opportunities for developing traditional cross-curricular games that have play boards, markers and an element of chance introduced by dice or spinner and we itemise a number here and ask teachers to source/create/modify others. Simulations in GBL are loaded with learning from simulations in science, to interactive historical digs and more, all needing to be planned into the curriculum.


A DAD from Stourport is still missing after nearly two weeks.
West Mercia Police says there are no updates in the search for 53-year-old Stephen Colledge, who was last seen at around 9pm on Tuesday, January 29, after visiting the Wheatsheaf pub in Stourport high street.
Rescue teams searched the banks of the River Severn last week, aided by drone equipment.
Stephen is described as white, of slim to average build, around 5ft 11in tall, with short brown hair.
At the time of his disappearance, he was thought to be wearing a heavy padded bomber style jacket, grey hoodie underneath the jacket, navy blue jeans and black trainers which had a white sole.
Anyone with information on Stephen's whereabouts is asked to call West Mercia Police on 101, quoting incident 676s of January 29.


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NCCU alumnus U.S. Rep. G.K. Butterfield has been appointed senior chief deputy whip of the House Democratic Caucus for the 117th Congress. With this new appointment, Butterfield will replace the late Congressman John Lewis.
Butterfield currently serves as North Carolina's 1st District Representative. He was elected to serve in the role after a special election in 2004. Prior to his election, Butterfield was selected as North Carolina resident superior court judge where he presided over civil and criminal court for 46 counties of North Carolina. He was later appointed by the governor to serve two years on the North Carolina Supreme Court. He served North Carolina's judicial system for 15 years.
The Wilson, N.C., native obtained a bachelor's degree in political science and sociology from NCCU and also a law degree from the NCCU School of Law. After earning his law degree, Butterfield began his law practice, in which he is best known for advocating voting rights that resulted in the election of black officials throughout eastern North Carolina.
He previously served as chief deputy whip for the House of Representatives Democratic Caucus for 12 years and chair of the Congressional Black Caucus. Currently, Butterfield is a member of the influential House Energy and Commerce Committee. On the Committee, he has been an advocate for access to quality healthcare, rural broadband expansion, protecting consumer privacy, promoting renewable energies and reducing energy rates in low-income communities.
He also serves as a member of the Communications and Technology, and Energy and Health subcommittees. Previously, he was also ranking member of the Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade Subcommittee.
In addition to his work in Congress, Butterfield is also a member of the Board of Visitors for the North Carolina Central University School of Law and the Board of Trustees for Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C.
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This dear client comes from an European country,we have been knowing each other for 7 years.
Last time we met each other during the Canton fair in 2012.
It was the second time to meet again,and this time the client have given me a deep impression,who was so talktive this time.
the meeting was lasting four hours,and it was SO GREAT.
eventually,he decided to work with us and left us two samples for quotation.


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Шляховий, Шляхова, Шляхове — власні назви, які походять від слова «шлях»

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Населені пункти
 Шляхова (село) — село в Україні, в Бершадському районі Вінницької області
 Шляхове (селище) — селище в Україні, в Бериславському районі Херсонської області. Населення становить 1033 осіб. Довідник поштових індексів України.
 Рудня-Шляхова — село в Україні, у Володарсько-Волинському районі Житомирської області.

Річки
 Шляхова — притока Орелі
 Шляхова — притока Коломаку

Інші
 Шляхова — пасажирський зупинний пункт Південно-Західної залізниці

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 Шляхова Нонна Михайлівна (нар. 1933) — український літературознавець
 Шляховий-Кармелюк Марко Семенович (отаман Кармелюк) — (1887, село Глеваха, Васильківський повіт, Київська губернія — 14 серпня 1921, село Глеваха, Київський повіт, Київська губернія) — український військовий і громадський діяч.

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Q: CSS :hover with JS problem I have a link that is turned green with the a:hover CSS attribute. When I click the link, this function is triggered:
    $("#comment_title_link").toggle(function() {
       $(this).text('Done');
      },
     function(){
       $(this).text('Add Comment title');
     });

which changes the text of the link. The hover attribute seems to only stop being applied once you cross the border of the element that it's being applied to. However, since I change the text from "Add Comment Title" to "Done", if I have my mouse over on the word "Title" and click, "Done" appears to the left of my mouse since Done is so much shorter than Add Comment Title. Therefore, the :hover attribute is still being applied even when my mouse is not over the link. How can I remedy this issue?

A: One workaround would be to remove the green color styling via script within your toggle().  And when you leave and come back to hover over that text, it should turn green again.
Easiest way would be to apply hover effect via CSS only on a certain class, and remove that class after switching text:
//in css:
A.greenLink:hover
{
  color: green;
}

// script:
$("#comment_title_link").toggle(function() {
   $(this).text('Done')
          .removeClass('greenLink');
  },
 function(){
   $(this).text('Add Comment title');
 });

Ideally, you'd want to figure out why it's happening and if there's anything you can do about it (the "right" way).  But if this indeed is a browser redrawing/rendering bug, then perhaps this workaround (as ugly as it is) might help.

A: add a style for :active undoing the :hover (matching the normal style) when it gets click it will go to the :active style.


We used white quinoa to put together a hearty Greek salad filled with cherry tomatoes, red onion, cucumber, and kalamata olives. Stuffed into roasted sweet potatoes, this is one satisfying side dish. Bake the sweet potatoes ahead of time for a quick weeknight assembly.
1. Preheat the oven to 400°F. Wrap the sweet potatoes in foil and place them on a baking sheet. Bake for 45-75 minutes, or until fork tender.
2. Prepare the quinoa by combining with the filtered water in a medium saucepan. Bring to a simmer over medium heat. Cover and reduce the heat to medium low. Cook for 20 minutes covered, or until all the liquid had been absorbed. Remove from the heat and let rest for 5 minutes. Remove the lid and fluff with a fork. Set aside to cool slightly.
3. Combine the tomatoes, red onion, bell pepper, cucumber, kalamata olives, feta, and parsley in a large bowl. Whisk the dressing ingredients together in a separate bowl and pour over the vegetables. Add the cooled quinoa and toss.
4. To assemble: cut the sweet potatoes into halves and press the flesh down with a fork to create a boat shape. Fill generously with the quinoa salad mix and enjoy!


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GreekReporter.comGreeceRemains of 573 Greek Soldiers Fallen in WWII Get Proper Burial
Remains of 573 Greek Soldiers Fallen in WWII Get Proper Burial
By Tasos Kokkinidis
The remains of 573 Greek soldiers that fell in the mountains of Albania during the 1940-1941 Greco-Italian war, at the start of WWII, will finally be laid to rest on Friday.
A funeral ceremony to be held at a new Greek military cemetery in Kelcyra, Albania where they will receive a proper burial after 70 years.
Their burial meets a long-standing Greek demand for the exhumation, identification and burial of fallen Greek soldiers that fell in the fighting on Albania's mountains.
The military cemetery in Kelcyra, Albania
It was the result of two long rounds of grueling negotiations initiated by Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias with the Albanian side, as part of an effort to resolved outstanding issues between the two countries, one held in November 2017 on Crete and the second in January 2018 in Korce.
The work of recovering and exhuming the soldiers' remains, which had started in Dragot, Albania in January, was completed and also puts to rest an issue that had long plagued Greek-Albanian relations. The 573 Greek fallen join another 100 Greek soldiers that have already received burial rites in July 13.
The search for the remains of more Greek soldiers that fell in the battlefields of Albania will continue, the foreign ministry said, in accordance with a decision reached by a joint expert committee responsible for implementing the agreement between Greece and Albania.
Under the agreement, Albania has agreed to build military cemeteries for the Greek soldiers that died on its soil and to seek, exhume, identify and bury their remains.
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Rintel is responsible for the overall strategy and performance of KLM, in which setting strategic priorities to strengthen KLM's market position is an important aspect. In addition, she is committed to helping KLM further recover from the COVID-19 crisis while making KLM even more sustainable. It is very important that this vision and the role of innovation in it are further developed.
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